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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would have been cheaper and simpler to renovate Murch's 85-year-old existing building, which was designed to hold ~400 kids  and then build another elementary school in Ward 3 for the other ~300 students. Instead, the city insists on squeezing 700 kids on the site, which requires a huge addition that covers up more than half the playground. No vision. [/quote]

Well there is a point to be made there. The Feasibility Study showed that there really was only one way to increase the size of the school on that lot and meet the Ed. Specs., and now DGS is saying they need more money to do that. So it seems that the mayor's choice is to find the money, or build a smaller school (which will not be popular across the city).

In other words it is not feasible to build an [b]adequate[/b] school for 700+ on that site with this budget. So don't. Build for 600. Or, get a bigger budget if you want a bigger school. But don't build a giant school without the basic programming space for 700+ students, which will remain the center of the neighborhood for the next century.[/quote]

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